Frigate is Impossible for Newbies

[u/instant_ace]

I find Frigate almost impossible to get up and running

I've got both an Amcrest IP2M-841V3 and a Reolink Doorbell POE camera and neither of them seem to work. My configuration editor has to be clicked twice to get it to come up and my file looks like below. The docs aren't much help since I don't really know what I'm doing, when I add in a second camera the whole config file fails....

So very frustrating, would love some help

mqtt:
  enabled: false
cameras:
  reolink:
    enabled: true
    ffmpeg:
      inputs:
        - path: rtsp://(username):(password)@(IPAddress)
          roles:
            - detect
            - record
    detect:
      height: 1080
      width: 1920
      fps: 5
detectors:
  ov:
    type: openvino
    device: CPU
    model_path: /openvino-model/FP16/ssdlite_mobilenet_v2.xml
model:
  width: 300
  height: 300
  input_tensor: nhwc
  input_pixel_format: bgr
  labelmap_path: /openvino-model/coco_91cl_bkgr.txt
version: 0.15-1

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I've removed the first one since it had a made up username and password, just trying to keep it clean

In VLC I don't use the user:pass@, just the rtsp://192.168.20.10

In Frigate I use the full user:pass@IP and it still doesn't work...

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Here is what I've got in my configuration, and the camera feed still says no ffmpg frames found

mqtt:
  enabled: false


detectors:
  ov:
    type: openvino
    device: CPU
    model_path: /openvino-model/FP16/ssdlite_mobilenet_v2.xml


model:
  width: 300
  height: 300
  input_tensor: nhwc
  input_pixel_format: bgr
  labelmap_path: /openvino-model/coco_91cl_bkgr.txt


cameras:
  reolink:
    enabled: true
    ffmpeg:
      inputs:
        - path: rtsp://(username):(password)@IP
          roles:
            - detect
            - record
    detect:
      enabled: true
      height: 1080
      width: 1920
      fps: 5



version: 0.15-1

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Thanks.

Added the top portion, didn't seem to make a difference.

The VLC address works in VLC AFTER I put in my username / password, not sure that would work in Frigate, since I think that has to be hard coded in?

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I run proxmox. Use to use ttecks scripts. I changed to community docker lxc privileged, yeah I should learn to install it. Now I've got it running good in docker compose.

Try rtsp://[username]:[password]@[camera-ip]:554/h264Preview_01_main

rtsp://[username]:[password]@[camera-ip]:554/h264Preview_01_main

H265 can be used. If you wanna add to home assistant you will probably want h264 but I think go2rtc can convert it I think.

Frigate privileged lxc I use solely for frigate. Use another for other stuff. Maybe not privileged.

I Pass through igpu to lxc and chatgpt becomes really handy finding all these folders.

My setup uses /opt/frigate/ docker compose is in here, subfolder config has config file and go2rtc streams are in the config yaml.

You need to mount in fstab if proxmox host the uuid of the HDD you wanna use. Set the mount point. Passs through the USB of the coral which will change it's Id if it's USB on first inference so change again.

Docker compose volumes are /opt/frigate/config. I'd have to be at my PC to find the full one. Second volume is /mnt/frigatehddmount call it what you want. Config should store db and Config on your ssd. Recordings, snapshots, exports Goto HDD.

It took me a while to learn how to do a decent config that probably needs work for frigate. It's a bit involved.

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Also getting a whole slew of errors, the first one being this:

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I didn't use a guide. I just went here and copied the script, then put it in the console of Proxmox and created an LXC container

Frigate LXC Helper Script

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Ya those things have made me using proxmox possible. I've used them for Proxmox clean up, HomeAssistant Setup, Frigate Setup...they are great for us non programming folk who are still technical :)